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Silicon carbide diodes characterization at high temperature and comparison with silicon devices
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Schwarze, Gene E. Gardner, Brent G. Lebron-Velilla, Ramon C. Adams Jr., Jerry D. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | Commercially available silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes from different manufacturers rated at 200, 300, 600, and 1200 V, were electrically tested and characterized as a function of temperature up to 300 C. Electrical tests included both steady state and dynamic tests. Steady state tests produced forward and reverse I-V characteristic curves. Transient tests evaluated the switching performance of the diodes in either a hard-switched DC to DC buck converter or a half-bridge boost converter. For evaluation and comparison purposes, the same tests were performed with current state-of-the-art ultra fast silicon (Si) pn-junction diodes of similar ratings and also a Si Schottky diode. The comparisons made were forward voltage drop at rated current, reverse current at rated voltage, and turn-off peak reverse recovery current and reverse recovery time. In addition, efficiency measurements were taken for the buck DC to DC converter using both the SiC Schottky diodes and the Si pn-junction diodes at different temperatures and frequencies. The test results showed that at high temperature, the forward voltage drop for SiC Schottky diodes is higher than the forward drop of the ultra fast Si pn-junction diodes. As the temperature increased, the forward voltage drop of the SiC Schottky increased while for the ultra fast Si pn-junction diodes, the forward voltage drop decreased as temperature increased. For the elevated temperature steady state reverse voltage tests, the SiC Schottky diodes showed low leakage current at their rated voltage. Likewise, for the transient tests, the SiC Schottky diodes displayed low reverse recovery currents over the range of temperatures tested. Conversely, the Si pn-junction diodes showed increasing peak reverse current values and reverse recovery times with increasing temperature. Efficiency measurements in the DC to DC buck converter showed the advantage of the SiC Schottky diodes over the ultra fast Si pn-junction diodes, especially at the higher temperatures and higher frequencies. |
| File Size | 1096570 |
| Page Count | 19 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20040182230 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2m66g814 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2004-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Electric Potential Schottky Diodes Silicon Carbides Silicon Junctions High Temperature Junction Diodes P-n Junctions Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
